The Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto BIM (ISEPBIM) in partnership with Revit Technology Conference (RTC) undertook a training course from 17th to 19th October, with the objective of disclosing the Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Portugal.

There is no lack of great ideas among the 10 participant science-based projects in the immersion program provided by ANI – a GPS technology for indoor spaces, innovative pharmaceutical pictograms, a brain signals reading system, a wearable device for cyclists or a smart breathalyser service.

You are at home reading i9 magazine and listening to one of your favourite pieces of music. Probably, the melody you like so much was recorded in a studio equipped with Vicoustic soundproofed materials.

For three days Guimarães was the capital of design and innovation. Portugal’s birthplace welcomed the 25th edition of the annual conference of the EU-BIC network - European Union Business and Innovation Centre – between September 28th and 30th.

Investing in new technologies, focusing on the cooperation between the various economic players and promoting cooperation between European governments, are the necessary elements for the EU to re-impose itself as the world leader in the digital revolution. This is the conclusion of the The Power of Digital Transformation meeting, that COTEC held on 21st October in Lisbon, in partnership with Nokia.

As Minister of the Economy, Manuel Caldeira Cabral argues that the coming of the Web Summit to Portugal will have a "huge impact" on the country, so we should be able to improve our image abroad and appreciate ourselves and our products.